Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Analytical Writing Placement Exam was not offered in May 2020. UCSB's Writing Program is developing Writing Placement 2020, an alternative assessment for students who did not meet the requirement by one of the other means listed above. Students will be contacted regarding this alternative assessment, and the details will also be made available on the Writing Program's Academics web page (
https://www.writing.ucsb.edu/academics).
Writing Placement 2020 will be offered during the summer as well as once a quarter on campus, and a student may fulfill the Entry Level Writing Requirement with an appropriate score. Students may take either the UC system-wide Analytical Writing Placement Exam (if an online AWPE is scheduled) or the writing placement process at UCSB; neither may be repeated.